I deserve better

Did you not see he only has 3 months experience? No large LTL company is going to hire him with only 3 months.

 

Did I misinterpret his latter post, or did he say he also had a felony?

If that is so, he's lucking to be working in the industry at all. (No meanness intended...just the truth.)

And if I got it wrong, I apologize.

 

That depends on the state. FEDERAL LABOR LAW allows such deductions.

http://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs16.pdf

Employers at times require employees to pay or reimburse the employer for other items. The cost of any items which are considered primarily for the benefit or convenience of the employer would have the same restrictions as apply to reimbursement for uniforms. In other words, no deduction may be made from an employee's wages which would reduce the employee's earnings below the required minimum wage or overtime compensation.
Some examples of items which would be considered to be for the benefit or convenience of the employer are tools used in the employee's work, damages to the employer's property by the employee or any other individuals, financial losses due to clients/customers not paying bills, and theft of the employer's property by the employee or other individuals. Employees may not be required to pay for any of the cost of such items if, by so doing, their wages would be reduced below the required minimum wage or overtime compensation. This is true even if an economic loss suffered by the employer is due to the employee's negligence.
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Since we as drivers are not subject to the minimum wage law, there is no limit under FEDERAL law to what may be deducted to pay for any damages you caused.

However, that doesn't mean the STATE doesn't have some restrictions. If the carrier is located in a state without restrictions beyond the federal labor law, your employer was well within his right to charge you for the damages you caused to his equipment. If the state has further restrictions, you'll have to look at them to see if what he did was allowable or not.

 

People deserve what they accept..

If you feel you deserve a better truck with better pay, go get it. Don't expect someone to give it to you. They may not feel that you're as deserving as you think you are..

 

Right....
How about going to the bank and telling them you deserve a new house or a new truck and see how far you get.......before they laugh you out of the bank...

 

The statement you made proves. You are still as green as grass. I have underwear that have more miles on them than you do. My dog has more miles under his collar than you. so yes you are still green. Pay for your training. like what has been said. Now is not the time to go looking for a job. I have 17yrs. and over 1.5 million miles under me and I am having a hard time finding a job. Read the posts here I am not the only one that has many years and miles that is having a hard time finding a ride.

 

Did he say he's running team??

A team driver making 23 cpm is on the high side of things. When I was teaming with almost two years experience at that time, I only got 21 cpm, and that was just 5 years ago.

 

Yeah, I'm a little confused (surprise!). He's running team, but bragging about running 3k legally. Is 3k himself or the team? Is the .23 split or solo? Also has a felony.

While paying for the repairs is bogus, I'm still not sure we're getting it all here. I still say with the felony, he's fortunate to working in the industry at all.

 

??? I'm a little confused here. A solo can easily run 500 miles per day legally and still have time left over at the end of the week. I do it all the time. That's only about 8 hours per day, which leaves 14 hours, some of which will be taken up on fuel, load, unload and post trip...say, average 5 hrs/wk. That still leaves 9 hours for the 8th day. A solo can very easily run 3500 miles per week, a team 6,000-7,000. I've done both...on a regular basis.

I hope that 3K is just himself...if it's for the team, he and his co-driver are both getting hosed.

However: If team miles are counted together and then split (.23 each) and each team member is running 3K= 6K/wk, each team member gets $1380 gross. Not too bad...I wouldn't be #####in'. If, however, your boss is only running you 3K between the two of you, well, that's a different story. Your boss needs to learn how to run a team.

Regarding fixing stuff you break...too bad. Part of the job. I do it all the time. If you think this is bad, wait til you own your own truck. I do. I fix everything, 1099 or no.

 

If it makes you feel better. I started at .14 1/2 mile. I made just enough to eat, buy cigarettes and pay off the school for six months. Then I got a job paying .30/mile.

When you know all the interstates, short cuts, scale houses, how to treat customers to your advantage, the best places to eat, how to treat your truck right, how to manage your stress, how to have good driving habits over bad, how to be consistantly on time, how to drive to protect your cargo, etc, etc.

Then you can say you have experience. It takes years to be seasoned.

We all paid our dues. No short cuts there.